Archives - 16 June 2017, Friday

Companies with product offerings that will drive the future of energy services were among the 30 start-ups and scale-ups featured on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2017 Technology Pioneers list released this week. “We’ve reached a new phase in the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” Fulv...

For wind turbine operators, focusing on lubrication can have a big impact on enhancing safety. How, you ask? The greatest safety risks for wind operators occur during equipment servicing and maintenance. To conduct even the most basic equipment servicing, maintenance personnel must cl...

With apologies to Shakespeare, a readjustment of Sonnet 116, stanzas 1 through 8: Let me not to the marriage of technology and market Admit impediments. Innovation is not innovation Which falters when market barriers it finds, Or bends with conventional energy competition to remove. O...

The Dutch-German transmission operator TenneT now has control of the new 916-MW DolWin2 offshore wind link in the North Sea. ABB yesterday said that it commissioned DolWin2 and handed it over to TenneT. The HVDC link connects offshore wind farms to the mainland grid. It includes a 320...

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This is an edited excerpt of an impassioned speech made by former US vice-president Al Gore on Thursday night at the Ashden Awards 2017 at the Royal Geographic Society in London. When the president of my country was preparing to make his announcement about the Paris Agreement and we d...

FITCHBURG, MA – June 15, 2017 – Nexamp, Inc., a leading provider of solar energy solutions, today celebrated the completion of its newest community solar project, a 700 kilowatt (kW) facility located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. It is the first community solar project to serve Unitil ...

In its 'New Energy Outlook 2017' report, BNEF said wind and solar projects will account for nearly half of the total installed capacity and produce 34% of global power generation by 2040. This compares with just 12% of total installed capacity and 5% of generation in 2016. "Installed ...

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Miniaturized devices such as microsensors often require an independent, equally miniaturized power supply. Searching for suitable systems, Japanese scientists have now developed a fully integrated microfluidic device that produces hydrogen fuel and converts it into electrical energy b...

As promised, Gov. Brian Sandoval, R-Nev., has signed into law a bill to almost fully restore net energy metering (NEM) in Nevada. Solar advocates have praised the legislation, A.B.405, which is expected to revive the state’s struggling rooftop solar market. During the signing ceremony...

The letter sent to Congress and written by BCSE conveys support for climate and energy efficiency programmes at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation and Enforcement Division related to air quality, international climate change programmes, climate chang...

Seconds to minutes. At these short timescales, the grid needs “ancillary services” to maintain reliability and ensure that demand and supply always match. Traditionally, these services have been provided by fossil or hydroelectric generators with spare capacity, but increasingly, it’s...

NABCEP PV and Solar Heating System Inspector Certification Programs The NABCEP System Inspector Program is intended for any individuals who are currently working or seeking employment in the renewable energy industry. Individuals who are performing system inspections for Authorities H...

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Boralex Inc., ENERCON and the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corp. have inaugurated the Niagara Region Wind Farm, located on private land in the regional municipality of Niagara in Ontario. The wind farm, which was commissioned on Nov. 2, 2016, consists of 77 ENERCON E‑101...

The Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association (PVREA) and Silicon Ranch Corp. have announced construction is under way on a new 3.5 MW solar facility in Kersey, Colo. The partners say the 30-acre facility will feature more than 40,000 solar panels and provide enough renewable power to ...

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Illinois could get a PACE program for financing energy efficiency and renewable energy in commercial, industrial and multi-family buildings if the governor signs a bill passed overwhelmingly by the state legislature last month. Advocates are hopeful that Illinois will become the 20th ...

Thanks to the virtuous confluence of technical and business forces, and driven by entrepreneurial startups, application-specific microgrids are coming. Application-specific Microgrids In common understanding, a microgrid is a smaller version of the existing macro-grid, and it delivers...

Former National Grid executive Steven Holliday has been named new chairman of Senvion’s supervisory board. Holliday was approved by the supervisory board to follow Stefan Kowski, who stepped down as chairman and retired from the supervisory board following the annual general meeting o...

An NREL Solar Technical Assistance Team (STAT) subject matter expert recently attended and spoke at the meeting of the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Operators (ASTSWMO ) that was held in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) RE-P...